{"id":2606,"date":"2023-02-09T19:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T19:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/words-of-encouragement-12-motivational-quotes-of-strength\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T18:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T18:19:55","slug":"words-of-encouragement-12-motivational-quotes-of-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/words-of-encouragement-12-motivational-quotes-of-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Words of Encouragement: 12 Motivational Quotes of Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6862\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/bella-grace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6862\" src=\"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/motivational-quotes-strength-encouragement.jpg\" alt=\"Quotes of Strength and Encouragement\" width=\"850\" height=\"529\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Marta Locklear; Bella Grace Issue 28<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether life has thrown you a curve ball, or you just need some gentle words of encouragement, here are 12 of our favorite inspirational quotes about strength and encouragement from the pages of <em>Bella Grace<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>You might also love: <a href=\"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/blog\/starting-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Quotes That Remind Us It&#8217;s Never Too Late to Start Over<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAnd then it happens \u2026 one day you wake up and you\u2019re in this place. You\u2019re in this place where everything feels right. Your heart is calm. Your soul is lit. Your thoughts are positive. Your vision is clear. You\u2019re at peace, at peace with where you\u2019ve been, at peace with what you\u2019ve been through, and at peace at where you\u2019re headed.\u201d \u2014 Unknown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 28<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou can recover from loss, from heartache, from anything that squeezes your soul with iron fists. Find the softer things. Things like plants and sweet people and slow-burning candles and long walks and moving water. Wrap them around you. Repeat as necessary.\u201d \u2014 Victoria Erickson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 26<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOne day it will be so clear \u2014 what you thought was the end, was really just the beginning. Some doors are hidden until we are ready to open them.\u201d \u2014 CW Poet<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> Issue 30<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn&#8217;t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.\u201d\u2014 Cynthia Occelli<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> Issue 28<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6861\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/bella-grace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6861\" title=\"Motivational Quotes of Strength\" src=\"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GRA0622_98-99_IG_SQ-Issue-32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"844\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Anna Malgina; Bella Grace Issue 32<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve lost a lot of battles against myself. So I\u2019m laying down my weapons, tending to the wounded, and letting compassion end the war.\u201d \u2014 Stacie Martin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-32\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 32<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn\u2019t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.\u201d \u2014 Bren\u00e9 Brown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> Issue 34<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe world is going to break you, there\u2019s no doubt about that. So instead of dodging it, for fear of what you may find in the pieces, run straight into the eye of your own storm. There\u2019s a new you waiting to be built from the pieces of the old you. Spoiler alert: it\u2019s a masterpiece.\u201d \u2014 Stephanie Bennett-Henry<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 29<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEven now, as broken as you may feel, you are still so strong. There\u2019s something to be said for how you hold yourself together and keep moving, even though you feel like shattering. Don\u2019t stop. This is your healing. It doesn\u2019t have to be pretty, or graceful. You just have to keep going.\u201d \u2014 Maxwell Diawuoh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-34\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 34<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6863\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/bella-grace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6863\" src=\"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/GRA-0922_IBC_IG_SQ-Issue-33.jpg\" alt=\"Encouraging Quotes of Strength\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quote by Washington Irving &amp; Photograph by Olga Moreira; Bella Grace Issue 33<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.\u201d \u2014 Washington Irving<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-33\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 33<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cShe has moments of weakness where she starts to believe she needs someone to save her. But then she smiles when she remembers that she is the heroine in her story.\u201d \u2014 JM Storm<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 30<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf anyone is magically going to appear and just suddenly make your life better, just know that person is always going to be you.\u201d \u2014 Brianna Pastor<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/stampington.com\/Bella-Grace-Issue-34\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue 31<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHold company with yourself so sacred that even when you are alone, you are whole.\u201d \u2014 AVA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <em>Bella Grace<\/em> Issue 33<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tell us, what are some of your favorite words of strength and encouragement?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether life has thrown you a curve ball, or you just need some gentle words of encouragement, here are 12 of our favorite inspirational quotes about strength and encouragement from the pages of Bella Grace magazine. You might also love: 10 Quotes That Remind Us It&#8217;s Never Too Late to Start Over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,39,22,23],"tags":[141,142,143,144],"class_list":["post-2606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-health-wellness","category-quotes","category-self-affirmation","tag-encouragement","tag-inspirational-quotes","tag-motivational-quotes","tag-strength"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagracemagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}